SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook's tool that will show you if you liked or followed fake Russian accounts spreading falsehoods during the 2016 presidential election on Facebook or Instagram launched Friday. The new tool, which is available through its "Help ...

In February, the companies were the first organizations to be indicted for connections to Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S ... Instagram and YouTube in order to spread its disinformation campaign. The other companies named in the indictment, Concord ...

Facebook shares fell modestly in late trading after tumbling 6.8% in the stock market today on reports that data from 50 million users was held by Cambridge Analytica, which helped President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. Facebook suspended Cambridge's ...

The social media company removed Stamos' responsibilities to counter government-sponsored disinformation in December after he ... been strongly advocating for investigating and disclosing Russian activity on the social media platform, often to the ...

In its emails to users who interacted with accounts linked to the Russian disinformation campaign, Twitter explains that it has reason to believe that the recipient either followed, liked or retweeted a tweet from a Russia-linked account. The company goes ...